Budget Scenarios & Budget Transfers
Budget Scenarios
Budgeting in the Finance Management System must include a Scenario ChartField, and campuses may set up Scenarios that are most appropriate for their campus business and reporting requirements.
San Francisco State University uses four different budget scenarios:
- AO_CROSS (Allocation Orders-Cash Posting Orders): This Scenario will be used to post Allocation Orders and CSU Cash Posting Orders, and will only be used for reporting by the Budget Administration & Operations Office.
- INITL_BUD (Initial Budget): This Scenario will be used for posting the beginning allocations to the Cabinet-Level Officers, and also from the Cabinet-Level Officers to their departments. This Scenario is equivalent to Original Budget in the legacy Financial Records System.
- CURRNT_BUD (Current Budget): This Scenario will be used for posting all budget changes, and will be the most current budget for a department to view or report on. This Scenario is equivalent to Revised Budget in the legacy Financial Records System.
- PTD (Period to Date): This Scenario will be used to post cumulative budget balance history, and will only be used for reporting by the Budget Administration & Operations Office.
Budget Transfer Procedures
Budget transfers are subject to the Delegation of Fiscal Authority and Responsibility issued to campuses under Executive Order No. 1000 effective July 1, 2007. No budget transfers can be made between two different funds. For Lottery accounts no transfers can be made out of programs for disadvantaged students. This includes Access and Academic Development programs, Future Scholars Program, Teacher Recruitment Project (Teacher Diversity), and the California Pre-Doctoral Program.
Once a department receives its budget, it is the responsibility of the department manager to maintain it and ensure that the budget will not be overspent by the end of the fiscal year.
Departments should transfer enough funds to all salary line items to cover projected expenditures through the end of the fiscal year.
In order to request a budget transfer between Departments or Accounts, please complete Budget Administration & Operations “Budget Transfer Request” form.
NOTE: FUND TRANSFERS FOR MOST NON-GENERAL FUND ACCOUNTS MUST BE DONE BY THE FISCAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE LOTTERY FUND.
Instructions for Completion of the Budget Transfer Request Form
DO NOT ENTER ANYTHING INTO THE TOP SECTION OF THE FORM (ABOVE THE GOLD-COLORED ROW).
ACCOUNT: Enter the 6-digit Account Value (all numeric)
FUND: Enter the 5-digit Fund Value (2 alpha + 3 numeric)
DEPARTMENT: Enter the 4-digit Department ID Value (all numeric)
PROGRAM: Enter the 4-digit Program Value only if for Semester or Hospitality expense.
CLASS: Enter the 5-digit Class Value if used by your department
PROJECT/GRANT: Enter the 8-digit Project/Grant value if used by your Department (primarily used for Grants & Contracts)
AMOUNT: Enter the amount to be transferred (NOTE: Do not transfer cents)
Expenditures:
- To increase an expenditure budget, enter a plus amount (e.g. +300)
- To decrease an expenditure budget, enter a minus amount (e.g. -300)
Revenue:
- To increase budgeted revenue, enter a minus amount (e.g. -1,000,000)
- To decrease budgeted revenue, enter a plus amount (e.g. +1,000,000)
DESCRIPTION: Enter the description you would like to see appear on Transaction detail
JOURNAL LINE REF.:DO NOT USE
STAT CODE: DO NOT USE
STAT AMT: DO NOT USE
SCENARIO: FOR BUDGET OFFICE USE ONLY – DO NOT USE
BOTTOM SECTION
Enter the Preparer name and extension, the Department Approver name, and the Department Name.
REASON FOR TRANSFER: Enter a reason for the budget transfer.
DISTRIBUTION BOX: Enter the names and department names and addresses for those people to whom you would like a copy of the transfer sent.
OPTIONAL FOR DEPARTMENT: Have your Department Approver sign their approval on the Department Approver line (for department internal approval process only).
TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT YOUR TRANSFER
Once the form is completed, save it on your computer again with a file name that includes the name of your department.
E-mail your completed budget transfer spreadsheet as an attachment to the Budget Office at: budtrsfr@sfsu.edu
When your transfer has been processed by the Budget Office, the Journal ID # for the transfer will be entered on the spreadsheet and a copy sent back to the originator and the designated distribution names listed.
